Byre Books, Wigtown
A secondhand bookshop in Wigtown, down a pend and through a small garden, specialising in folklore, mythology, theatre, film, archaeology, poetry and Scotland.
Welcome
Among the many bookshops of Wigtown, Byre Books is the one you have to look for.
Turn down the pend by the Market Cross, walk through a small wild garden, and you come to a stone byre with a red door and a room full of books.
It is a secondhand bookshop with particular passions: folklore and mythology, theatre, film and television, archaeology, poetry, and books about Scotland and in Gaelic. Visitors have called it the loveliest of hideaways, friendly and expert, and the most distinctive shop in the book town.
Byre Books opens on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, from ten until three, and takes cards. Its stock is also listed online, and books can be ordered by email.
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Before you go
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm.
- Where
- 24 South Main Street, Wigtown.
- Specialises in
- Folklore, myth, Scotland.
- Find it
- Down the pend by the Market Cross.
Opening hours
Their website- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 10am–3pm
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- 10am–3pm
- Sunday
- 10am–3pm
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Down the pend by the Market Cross in Wigtown, through a small garden, DG8 9EH.
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